The New York City Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agencies (Day Care Council of New York, Child Development Support Corporation, Chinese American Planning Council, and Committee for Hispanic Children & Families) applaud the action of the Office of Children and Family Services and the Cuomo Administration in developing a plan to provide much needed supplies to child care providers whose programs are open and serving families during the COVID19 pandemic. This allocation of funding comes to the state from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act"), which has provided our state with $163.6 million in emergency relief to the child care system.

Our state is using a portion of this funding to provide grants to child care providers who have remained open and serving families throughout the COVID19 crisis. This grant will support child care providers with a valid license or registration from the New York State Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS) in purchasing much-needed materials and supplies for their programs. After filling out the application below, each individual licensed program will receive an email with an individualized portal link on Kaplan.com, with $600 allocated per license number to spend on COVID19-related materials. All CARES Materials Grant purchases must be completed by 11:59PM on Friday, May 29 in order to be received.

Note: each individual license or registration number may receive a CARES Materials Grant. Please submit a separate application for each license or registration number.